Potts Case Closed Over Navy Promotion Delay in Schley Inquiry
Capt Templin M Potts former commander of the battleship Louisiana was placed on the retired list by the plucking board and denied promotion to rear admiral as required by law The secretary of the navy says the plucking board is supreme and its report cannot be altered The case remains closed though Potts was due for promotion on a specified date
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Templin M. Potts
Louisiana
Daniels
Navy Department
Potts
Secretary of the Navy
Pottsmas
Notable Obituaries and Funeral Notices From July 1913 In Washington
Deaths listed include James E Arnold of 4132 Sixth St SE and Martha E Bowie of 104 Thirteenth St NW. Other notices: Florence Covington, Mary E Sweeny, Matilda Rhode, Charles Mellon O Connor infant, Jeannette D Watson, Clark T Wertenbaker. Services set for July 7 to 8 with private interments and church masses noted.
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Teco M. Covington
William H. Covington
Wiliam Henry Dennis
K_ street
Flaherty
Joseph E
Delia J
Edward Flaherty
M Street
St. Stephen's Church
King
Frances Lucretia
Benjamin C. King
H. L. King
New York Avenue
Charles Mellon
Maurice FE
Kate M. O'Connor
Wheatley
Second Street
Mount Olivet
Rhode
Matilda Church Rhode
Shanley
R. R. Rhode
Massachusetts Avenue
Harrisburg
Sweeny
Mary E
Mary
Edward T. Sweeny
St. Aloysius’ Church
Philadelphia
Watson
Orleans Place
Jeannette D
A. Watson
In Memoriam Poem by the Devoted Daughter Bertha
In memoriam for a mother who died on July 7. The poem speaks of lasting memory and enduring love, promising that the daughter Bertha will keep the deceased in heart and prayer, seeking solace in faith and divine trust. The verse echoes traditional obituary poetry with solemn assurance and filial devotion.
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Tbe
Bee
Bertha
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Directory Entry
Funeral directors and embalmers listed with multiple firms and contact numbers. Includes J Wm Lee, Thos M Hindle, WM H Sardo Co, Frank Geier’s Sons, Draper and Jorerates, Frank A Spear, Geo P Zurhorst among others with addresses in Washington DC area and telephone numbers for service contacts.
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Sergeon
Cain
Seventh St. Dw
M. Hindle
H. SA
Promotion Delay and Plucked Potts in Naval Board Action
The article recounts Secretary Daniels limiting Capt Potts promotion to rear admiral due to sea service shortfalls. Potts, who had ten months as captain and about three and a half years of sea service, was placed on the retired list by the plucking board. The board, comprising senior admirals, reflected policy requiring sea duty for promotion and influenced by Department policy. Potts had served as navigator of the Massachusetts in the Spanish War and testified in the Schley-Sampson inquiry, describing Commodore Schley’s bearing under stress.
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Schley
Potts
Daniels
Lewisiena
Capt. Potts
Aaron Ward
New York
Willam 4. H. Southerland
General Board
Frank F. Fletcher
Vermont
Department
Capt.Potts
Washington
Massachusetts
Schley-Sampson
Annapolis Flying Resumed After Ensign Billingsley Death
Flying at the Navy aviation camp in Annapolis resumed after a suspension during the search for Ensign W. D. Billingsley who died in a 1,600 foot hydroplane plunge into Chesapeake Bay. Ensign Godfrey Chevalier and First Lieutenant Bernard Smith completed a cross-country and water flight between Annapolis and Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, with a landing en route.
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Navy Aviation
Annapolis
W. D. Billingsley
Godfrey Chevalier
Bernard @. Smith
Marine Corps
Chesapeake Beach
Rebels Lose Near Juarez in Zaragosa Skirmish
In a village east of Juarez, 500 federal troops under Gen Inez Salazar drove Ortega constitutionalists from Zaragosa, with four federals wounded and 40,000 rounds of ammunition plus wagons and equipment captured. Mexico City reported talks on exchanging six women held by Zapata for the rebel leader Orvera.
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Fil Paso
Tex
Zaragosa
Tuarez
Inez Salazar
Ortega
Salazar
Mexico City
Fasecual Orvero
Emiliano Zapata
Zapata
Ja-la
Villa Aya
Morelos
Ches
Orozes
Cannem
Crete
H Hyo Man
Wjeda
Age Eurdans
Seat Tutson
Relshra Cin
Foreign Office
Ice Makers Win Strike Ends in Sineianath Ohio
Ice workers return to duty after three week strike as unions and ice manufacturers reach talks. Drivers helpers seek wage increase and union recognition, engineers and firemen also to be recognized. city plants operated by authorities during lull.
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Sineianath
Ohio
Iorrow
Fee
N Tts
Perry Centennial Opens with Illumination and Navy View
Erie Pennsylvania marks Commodore Perry victory centennial with Peace Sunday services, Court of Honor lit by thousands of incandescent lamps, a Niagara display off the harbor, and a march into the city featuring the replica artillery train. The day includes a pageant at Perry Square and a ceremonial greeting by Mayor Stern.
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Erie
Niagara
Lake Erie
Rogers Israel
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Henry A. Clark
Charles BE
John E. Fitzmaurice
Court of Honor
Derry
Pennsylvania
Waterford
Philadelphia
Albert J. Eagan
Pennsylvania National Guard
Eric
Commodore Perry
Wld Stanton
Perry
Perry Square
William J. Stern
Navy Repair Ship Vestal Fitting Out for Commission
The repair ship Vestal at Boston navy yard will soon be commissioned under Commander Edward B Beach. Vestal will join the Atlantic fleet, succeeding the Panther which will likely be placed in reserve. Upon completion, Prometheus will be assigned as a leading ship of the same group.
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Navy
Vestal
Boston Navy Yard
Edward &. Beach
Panther
Prometheus
Haciig “Gs
Combating Oral Fraud in Congress Moves to Law
Senator Cummins drafts a bill to criminalize oral misrepresentations to public officials and impersonations of congressmen by David Lamar. The measure, tied to interstate phone fraud, seeks felonies with up to five years in prison or fines up to $5,000. It aims to shield lawmakers from lobbyist manipulation and will be considered as the Overman committee investigates the sugar lobby and related figures.
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David Lamar
Cummins
Lamar
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Ake Daniel J. Riordan
New York
Congress
Martin Mulhail
Wall Street
Senate
Charles D
Westcott
Washington
A. D. Baldwin
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Baldwin
Alexander & Baldwin
Mawaii
William Whitman
Boston
American Wooten Manufacturers’ Association
Thomas ©. Marvin
Home Market
Chih
Wesley Bell Marvin
Manufacturers’ Association
F. J. Goertner
Semon-Bache & Company
Jealous Actor Kills Wife in Kansas City Room
Kansas City Missouri July 6 Jealousy prompted Frank Bailey vaudeville actor from Atlanta to shoot and kill his wife Mazie Edwards co star from Denver then commit suicide. They were married in Chicago three years ago after sharing a bill there. They had become extremely jealous and threats were reported in Warsaw Indiana last Wednesday. Early today two shots were heard in their rooms and a friend found Edwards dead in bed with a gunshot wound and Bailey dead by a revolver. A letter in the room bore the return address of Mrs. W. E. Batley Atlanta.
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Kansasity
Frank Bailey
Atlanta
Mazie Edwards
Denver
Bailey
Chicago
Warsaw
Ind
W. E. Batley
Kennedy Street
Trial ends in Koreans case for attempted assassination
Taiku Korea July 6 The Taiku court of appeals concluded the trial of six Koreans charged with the attempted assassination of Governor General Terauchi. Defense counsel urged acquittal claiming the accusations were groundless and police coerced confessions. They argued torture not proven but police induced statements. They contended the plot existed yet the governor general was not killed and no punishment for instigators was warranted.
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Taiku
Korea
Taiku Court of Appeals
Terauch i
Japanese Prince Takehito Dies of Tuberculosis at Kobe
Prince Takehito of Arisugawa Nomiya, head of a collateral imperial branch, died after a prolonged tuberculosis illness. He served as an admiral in the navy and took part in the Japan China War. The emperor ordered the household physician to attend him at his Kobe residence. Born in 182, his death ends a notable imperial service.
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Takehito
China
Tokyo
Prince Takehito
Arisugawa
Nomiya
Kobe
Prince Takelgto
Death Claims Duchess of Northumberland in London
Lady Edith Campbell eldest daughter of the eighth Duke of Argyll and sister of the present Duke of Argyll dies in London age around 86. She was married to the Duke of Northumberland then Earl Percy in 1868. The Duke survives at age 67.
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Grace of Northumberland
London
Duchess of Northumberland
Edith Campbell
Duke of Argyll
Duke of Northumberland
Earl Percy
Endon
the Duches
Fenburghe
Pla
Hyde Para
Roxburghe
Max
Qader
Storm Wrecks Churches In Waycross Georgia
A cyclonic storm in Waycross Georgia on July 6 destroyed three churches and two black owned houses, with five frame homes also badly damaged. No injuries were reported though several buildings suffered heavy damage in the area.
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Waycross
Gihor
Tragic Delaware Arson Case Recall Fueled by Death
Special to The Washington Post reports revived memories of Dr. Isaac C West who killed Henry Turner in Dover on December 3 1873, skinned the body and set fire to the building to collect life insurance. West was acquitted by insanity then later convicted of arson and jailed.
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Washington Post
Dover
Dei
Delaware
Dallas
Tex
Isaac C. West
Henry
West
Fine time in camp tells of their experiences
Veterans from Gettysburg recount days at the large gathering and the spirit of reconciliation between blue and gray. At Fifth Baptist Church services under D.A.R. auspices honored the returnees with Col Hopkins detailing camp life and mutual respect amid praise for care and leadership. Some veterans faced heat after delays at Gettysburg station, with two collapsing and one dying. Capt Oursler noted autograph album keepsakes and organized relief efforts. Wy Pradley, a Confederate veteran, will depart today.
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Gettysburg
Big Wamp
Fifth Baptist Church
Andrews
Hopkins
J. 4. Briggs
Thomas McKee
Department of the Potomac
Wel. Andrews
Treasury
United States
Col
Thomas Hopkins
Col Hopkins
U. S. Grant
Tadies
G. AL BR
Iose Seften
Chipman
John R. Oursler
GALBL
Oursler
Maryland
Ourster
Capt
Gen. Grant
Gen. Sherman
Gov. Tener
Pennsylvania
G.A. R
Wy. J. Pradley
Confederate Memorial
Admiral's sister dead in Joliet home tragedy
In Joliet Illinois July a woman identified as Mrs Silas W Gray sister of Rear Admiral Bowls of the U S Navy was found dead with a deep head wound in her Tampala home. Officials say she appeared in health prior and an inquest is set for tomorrow by Coroner William Wunderlich. Mrs Gray was 36 years old.
Last Veterans Tents To Go Down At Gettysburg Camp
Gettysburg July 6 last of the veterans leave the tents as work begins to dismantle the encampment. Military school for college students will open in quarters used by newspaper men. Troops depart tomorrow and police will maintain order while camp facilities are cleared.
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Gettysburg
Cerryshire College
Troy
Heste O
Tie Dorunte
Callege and Seminary
Wiboatoenee
Shute
Wits
Groome
Uyeamp
Ctwsti
Nia
James V. McRae
Infantry
Iceheart
van Fiern
Columbia
WG. Devine
Daine Currall
Son Born to Lady Camoys in London
In London a son was born to Lady Camoys, Mildred Sherman of Newport, linked to the Camoys family. The note recalls a 1911 marriage to Lord Camoys in New York, their meetings, and the Duchess’s delicate health.
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Lady Camoys
Mildred Sherman
Newport
London
Camoys
Lord Camoys
New York
Decies
M Vivien Crouid
Government records show livestock totals in New York and nationwide
A government report released yesterday lists animal counts including 1 560 074 sheep and 710 hogs, amid 3 034 685 animals entered in state and national registries. The Agriculture Department confirms the totals and notes details of livestock registrations across the country.
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Sam
New York
Department of Agriculture
Sermon Critiques Social Injustice In National Charity Meet
Washington minister Rev. A J McKelway denounces indolence in pursuing social justice at the national conference of charities and correction in Seattle. He warns against atonement by sacrifice and calls for real reform in wages, hours, and child labor to relieve suffering and fund public institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
National Conference of Charities and Correction
A. J. McKelway
Washington
National
Child Lalor Committee
Federal Board to Review Hawthorne Parole Case July 24
The Federal Board will consider the parole request of Hawthorne at its July 24 session. The author, previously convicted, seeks release as part of ongoing review of his case. Other docket items include related matters on personnel and policy reviews.
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Federal Board
Helin
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Naval Service
J. Wm, Lee
Pennsylvania Avenue Nw
Wee de Jorerates
F Street
Frank A. Spear
Geo
P. Zurhorst
Mar
I H, Small & Sons, Florists
Gorne
Washington, Waldorf
Ines Va Vorn
Rey Sae
Ptain Potts
Billingsley
Juarez
Gen. Salazar
Orozco, Sr
Icemakers
Cincinnati
Bertha Kennedy
John L. Kurtz
Frank
Schulz
Kurtz
Baltimore
Frank Schulz
Furrow Street
Helen Schulz
John Louts Kurtz
South Bentatou Street
Wilkens Avenue
Carnegie Steel Company
Kenedy
Wilkes
To-Kalon Co., Inc
St. Ro
Edward Lauterbach
Wolf
Texas
Palais Royal
A. Lisner
Admiral
S. W. Gray
Thurs
Columbia Players
John Drew
Mike Warke
Nest Weekh
Serret Service
Seae
T. Johns
Von
Ee Glen Echo
Muaie Wivery
Hevy Chase Lake
Amy
R.harris & CO. Jewelers
R. Harris & CO. Jewelers
D Streets
U.S
New Yorker
Horning
Church
Dr.McKelway
Hawthorne
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